1. Thank You!Thanks so much to all who shared their wisdom yesterday regarding my PT fiasco. As usual your insights, resources, and recommendations were invaluable. Despite my dissatisfaction with the PT place I went to (BTW it was not one recommended by my doc, I chose it because they supposedly specialized in therapy for athletes–ha!) [Read More]
Drive Away PT Clients in 7 Easy Steps
1. Tell your client the human body wasn’t cut out for whatever sport they do. 2. Give your client no feedback. Make them drag it out of you. 3. Start your appointment late on a regular basis. 4. Forget you’re in the midst of myofascial release because you’re distracted by a conversation about lunch possibilities, [Read More]
My First Marathon: Chicago 2007
Since it’s race week here in Chicago, and because I’ve had a lots of questions about my first marathon, I thought I’d share the race report. I’d watched the weather reports for days. Who am I kidding? I watched them for weeks. Heat. The Caveman and I left the kids (then 2 and 7) with [Read More]
Whole Lotta Clenching Going On
I’m in the midst of week 3 of physical therapy for my ornery hip. The diagnosis, in case you missed it:Weak right sideWeak glutesOverburdened left side, complete with bruised hamstring compliments of the yoga incidentTight left hip that sits higher than the right thanks to said tightness and all of the above What PT is [Read More]
Weekend Rewind: Pumpkin Envy
Before school started, at the Teacher Meet n Greet for Thing 2’s class, there was a bulletin board of ‘wishes’. In other words, items the class would like parents to volunteer to bring.At the time, the 6 pieces of white felt seemed boring.The 2 dozen styrofoam balls seemed unwieldyThen I saw it:One XXL pumpkin. That’s [Read More]
Thoughts from Injured Reserve
There’s a mind-clearing technique for meditation where you imagine setting any thoughts that pop into your head on a leaf and let it float away from you. While I am not nearly as adept at meditation as I would like to be, I often use that leaf-in-the-water technique as a way of releasing negativity, worries [Read More]
Almost Wordless Wednesday
My hip x-ray yesterday came back normal! At last I have the PT referral I’ve been yearning for. Although I never really suspected a sfx, I couldn’t totally rule it out either. But now I can! Heading out for my first PT appointment right now!
Bark! Plus Burning Questions
We went to a party over the weekend. A friend of ours turned 50 plus they have a new puppy, their third Border Collie! The girls with Theo, almost 3 months old. I often find hostess gifts challenging, especially when I don’t know the people well. With the recent cooler weather, I’ve had a wicked [Read More]
Weekly Rewind: Injured Reserve
google images This week I just let everything rest. I jumped to no conclusions, made no judgements or plans pertaining to running and my current plight–if I can even call it that. The Chicago Bears, namely Jay Cutler, now there is plight. My coaching gig made it easy to shift the focus from me onto [Read More]
Coffee Conundrum
My tweeps already know this but I had gross coffee incident a week or two ago. Other than my tweet, I’ve been pretty much unable to talk about it until now. Oh the trauma. I was going about my business, preparing a fine pre-run brew, when I spotted this most unsavory creature just making his [Read More]
